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Acta Neophilologica 37 ACTA NEOPHILOLOGICA 37. 1-2 (2004) Ljubljana MARK MADIGAN RICHARD WRIGHT, TON! MORRISON AND UNITED STATES BOOK CLUB JERNEJA PETRIC LOUIS ADAMIC AND THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SONJA MERLJAK ZDOVC LITERARY JOURNALISM: THE INTERSECTION OF LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM POLONA GODINA SELECTED AMERICAN AND SLOVENE CRITICAL RESPONSES TO THE WORK OF EMILY DJCKINSON NATASA INTIHAR KLANCAR SLOVENE REACTIONS TO TRUMAN CAPOTE'S WRITING TAMARA KLANJSCEK RESPONSES TO THE WORKS OF JOHN UPDIKE IN SLOVENIA NADA GROSELJ TWO J7nt CENTURY JESU IT PLAYS INSPIRED BY ENGLISH LITERATURE MILJANA CUNTA THE ROMANTIC SUBJECT AS AN ABSOLUTELY AUTONOMOUS SUBJECT TOMAZONIC REVIEWER RESPONSE TO PINTER'S THE CA RETAKER STIPEGRGAS RECONFIGURING THE WEST IN NEIL JORDAN'S SHORT STORY "LOVE" FRANCISKA TROBEVSEK DROBNAK LINGUISTIC VAR IATION AND CHANGE: MIDDLE ENGLISH INFINITIVE IRENA PROSENC SEGULA LA PERFEZIONE CAVALLERESCA E CORTIGIANA IN GYRONE IL CORTESE DJ LUIGI ALAMANNI DAVID BANDELLI VITA SUL FRONTE- CONVERGENZE E DJVERGENZE LETTERARIE DJ DUE DIARI DJ GUERRA: CARLO SALSA E ANDREJ CEBOKLI ACTA NEOPHILOLOGICA 37. 1-2 {2004) Ljubljana MARK MADIGAN RICHARD WRIGHT, TON! MORRISON AND UNITED STATES BOOK CLUB ...................... 3 JERNEJA PETRIC LOUIS ADAMIC AND THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB ...... ........ .... .... .. .... .. .......... ....... 9 SONJA MERLJAK ZDOVC LITERARY JOURNALISM: THE INTERSECTION OF LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM....... 17 POLONA-GODINA SELECTED AMERICAN AND SLOVENE CRITICAL RESPONSES TO THE WORK OF .EMILY DICKINSON . .. .... ............ ....... .... ..... .... ........ .... .. ..... .. ...... .. ...... ...... .. .. 25 NATASA INTIHAR KLANCAR SLOVENE REACTIONS TO TRUMAN CAPOTE'S WRITING.............................................. 39 TAMARA KLANJSCEK RESPONSES TO THE WORKS OF JOHN UPDIKE IN SLOVENIA ...... .... .... .. .... .. ...... ........... 49 • NADA GROSELJ TWO ]7TH CENTURY JESUIT PLAYS INSPIRED BY ENGLISH LITERATURE....................... 61 MILJANA CUNTA THE ROMANTIC SUBJECT AS AN ABSOLUTELY AUTONOMOUS SUBJECT ..................... 73 • TOMAZONIC REVIEWER RESPONSE TO PINTER'S THE CARETAKER.................................................. 87 STIPEGRGAS RECONFIGURING THE WEST IN NEIL JORDAN'S SHORT STORY "LOVE"........................ 95 • FRANCISKA TROBEVSEK DROBNAK LINGUISTIC VARIATION AND CHANGE: MIDDLE ENGLISH INFINITIVE......................... 103 • IRENA PROSENC SEGULA LA PERFEZIONE CAVALLERESCA E CORTIGIANA IN GYRO NE IL CORTESE DI LUIGI ALAMANNI ............................................................................................................... 115 DAVID BANDELLI VITA SUL FRONTE- CONVERGENZE E DIVERGENZE LETTERARIE DI DUE DIARI DI GUERRA: CARLO SALSA E ANDREJ CEBOKLI ...... .. .... .............. ...... .. ...... .... ...... .. .. ........ 123 ACTA NEOPHILOLOGICA SLO ISSN 0567-784X University of Ljubljana - Univerza v Ljubljani Slovenia - Slovenija Editor (Urednik): Mirko Jurak Associate Editor (Pomocnik urednika): lgor Maver Editorial Board - Members (Uredniski odbor - clani): Anton Janko, Jerneja Petric, Miha Pintaric, Franciska Trobevsek - Drobnak Advisory Committee (Svet revije): Sonja Basic (Zagreb), Henry R. Cooper, Jr. (Bloomington, Ind.), Renzo Crivelli (Trieste), Kajetan Gantar (Ljubljana), Karl Heinz Goller (Regensburg), Meta Grosman (Ljubljana), Bernard Hickey (Lecce), Angelika Hribar (Ljubljana), Branka Kalenic (Ljubljana), Mirko Krizman (Maribor), Franz Kuna (Klagenfurt), Rado L. Lencek (New York), Tom Lozar (Montreal), Mira Miladinovic - Zalaznik (Ljubljana), Tom M.S. Priestley (Edmonton, Alb.), Janez Stanonik (Ljubljana), Neva Slibar (Ljubljana), Atilij Rakar (Ljubljana), Wolfgang Zach (Innsbruck). Acta Neophilologica is published once yearly (as a double number) by the Faculty of Arts, Znanstveni institut Filozofske fakultete (The Scientific Institute of the Faculty of Arts), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the support of Ministry of Science, Schooling and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia. The review is primarily oriented in promoting scholarly articles on English and American literature, on other literatures written in English as well as on German and Romance literatures. The Editorial Board also welcomes scholarly articles in related areas (as e.g. cross-cultural studies, ethnic studies, comp~a~i\fe .. literature, linguiStic-s). Ail articles are-refereed befon,;-being-accepted or- rejected~ Manuscripts will not be returned unless they are commissioned. Computed-printed copies must be double-spaced and new paragraphs should be printed with an indention. Articles must have an accompanying abstract. References should be worked into the text as far as possible, and end-notes kept to a minimum. Literature used must be prepared in the alphabetical order of authors. The views expressed in articles should in no way be construed as reflecting the views of the publisher. Articles submitted for consideration should be sent in two computed-printed copies (double spaced), with an abstract of no more than 60 words (in English) and together with a diskette. Articles should be of no more than 5,000 words, and book reviews of 1,000 words. For format and style authors should follow the MLA Handbook (sixth ed., 2003). Authors who wish to have their articles published in the next issue of AN should send their manuscripts to the editor no later than 31 May each year. Articles and suggestions for exchange journals and books for reviews should be sent to Mirko Jurak, Department of English, Filozofska fakulteta, Askerceva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. © Acta Neophilologica. All rights reserved. Printed by the Birografika, BORI, d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia. UDK 655.58(73):821.111(73=96).09 RICHARD WRIGHT, TONI MORRISON, AND UNITED STATES BOOK CLUBS Mark Madigan Abstract This essay focuses on the influence of commercial book clubs in the United States. It will examine the country's oldest commercial book club, the Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC), Oprah's Book Club (OBC), which bears the name of its founder, television personality Oprah Winfrey, and their roles in the careers of two African-American authors, Richard Wright and Toni Morrison. The BOMC is a privately-owned company and like all such businesses it is meant to earn a financial profit. It was started in 1926 by an advertising executive, Harry Scherman, who envisioned a company that would distribute newly published books, chosen by a panel of literary experts, through the mail. By calling his new enterprise a "club," Scherman wanted to give its "members," as they are known in BOMC termi­ nology, the impression that they were part of a select group of book lovers, rather than mere customers. His strategy worked. The BOMC was an immediate success, claim­ ing more than 60,000 subscribers in its first year. The operating principles were straight­ forward: members agreed to buy the monthly selection at full price with an option to exchange the book upon inspection for an "alternate" choice. Soon after, readers were asked to buy only four books per year and allowed to substitute the alternate selection before shipping. The books designated as monthly selections and alternate choices were reviewed in the BOMC News, a publication edited by Scherman and mailed to subscribers (Lee 30-43). Today, the BOMC operates in much the same way and re­ mains the leader in what has become a crowded field of mail-order book clubs. When Winfrey started her book club in September 1996, her stated intention was to help "get this country reading again" (Johnson 47). She has become famous as the host of what is known in the U.S. as a television "talk show," which features inter­ views with celebrities, discussions of social issues, and her book club. Begun in 1986, the "Oprah Winfrey Show" is broadcast for one hour each weekday afternoon. It reaches an audience in excess of 20 million people and has been the number one rated talk show for fifteen consecutive seasons. Winfrey is also an actress, television producer, and magazine publisher. Last year, she was voted the second most admired woman in the United States (with Hillary Rodham Clinton being the first) and a recent Life maga- 3 zine cover story called her the "most powerful woman in America." Given that she has amassed a fortune from getting people to watch her television program, Winfrey's sponsorship of a book club might appear to be ironic. Yet she is an avid reader and a self-professed lover of books. Oprah's Book Club differs greatly from the BOMC in its structure and operating methods. It is fashioned after a book discussion group of the kind that has become popular in the U.S. in the last decade. In this model, a group of people chooses a particular book and then gathers at a later date to discuss what they read. The differ­ ence between these informal groups and the OBC is that the latter's "meetings" are broadcast on her television show and facilitated on-line. Oprah's Book Club functions this way: Winfrey announces her book choice, gives her audience time to read it, and then selects several club "members" who discuss the book with the author on the show. Her next book selection is usually announced at the end of that televised discus­ sion. The club's website features a plot synopsis of the current selection, reviews writ­ ten by club members, lists of questions to guide reading group discussions, an archive, and excerpts from previously televised reading groups with the authors participating. Winfrey's book choices are based on her own tastes and interests; she does not solicit new works from publishers, nor does
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